Improvement in mops



waited I ,tatra aannam W. MALLERD, or BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, As'sIGNoR To HIM- SELF AND JOHN BARR, oF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 92,6244, dated July 13, 1869.

To all whom it lma/ r/ concern..-

Be it known that I, W. MALLERD, of Bridgeport, in'the county* of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut,

have invented a new Improvement in Mops; and I 4do hereby declare the following, when taken in' connection with the accompanying drawings, and the'letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact vde-f scription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Fig-ure, a perspective view, and in Figure 2, a transverse section.

This invention relates to an improvement in mops,

or instruments for scrubbing lloors, and consists in combining in such an instrument a scraper, which may be used for=` removing substances from the floor which resist the scrubber. 't

-In order to the clear understanding of my invention, I will fullydescribe the same, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. A is one part, or jaw, to which a socket, B, for attachment of the handle, is fixed; C, thev other part, to which the scraper ll is attached or formed upon, the inner surface of the two parts being inclined, theone to the other, as seen in tig. 2; and between the two parts A-and 0,-sla .th'd part,f D, and bolts a, passing through the three parts, as seen in g. 2, are the means of clamping the parts together.

F is a piece of soit India rubber, or similar material, placed forward. r Y f E is `also a piece of rubber, but of harder formation, made by mixing with the rubber, during its formation, cmery or other mineral substance.

Each of these parts is placed iniits respective po sition, as seen in' iig. 2, and the whole clamped together by means of bolts a. v

The instrument is used in the following manner: For scrubbing, the handle is raised so as to work only with the forward part E, as denoted in red, fig.- 2.

Then, for drying, the handle is lowered, and the'part F is brought to bear only, as denoted in blue, fig; 2,

which, being rubbed upon the floor, forces the water before it, clearing the floor from all smplus water.

If any substances are upon the floor which are not easily removed by the scrubber, invert the instrument' and apply thescraper.

Having fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is In combination with the scrubber E. and drier F, with .the holder4 A and C, formed in two parts, the scraper d, as shown and described.

Witnesses:` W. MALLERD.

1 A; J. TrBBIrs,

J. H. SHUMWAY. 

